Spiral Dance

Magick,

Myth

& Legend

As powerful as any equinox and as magical as any inspired ritual, Spiral Dance offers up rich vocals, delicate melodies and rousing jams all invoking the pagan world at the dawning of its rebirth. Spiral Dance plays high energy pagan folk rock that combines an eclectic blend of powerful self-penned songs and tunes. Spiral Dance are the song catchers of Magick, myth and legend.

The band was formed in 1992 as a project to explore some of the more mystical elements in life and has drawn its energy from the song-writing and vocal skills of Adrienne Piggott. Adrienne’s haunting lyrics and Paul’s innovative accordion tunes are carefully arranged to blend acoustic folk- rock with lush Celtic harmony, creating an almost tangible musical aura that envelopes the audience.

Photo credits: Evie Gooding

“Music to rock your ancestors”

Spiral Dance Gig Guide

Upcoming | Archive: 2024 2023
  • Sat
    09
    Nov
    2024

    Spiral Dance @ The Wheaty

    7.30 pm

    39 George St, Thebarton SA 5031

    Join Spiral Dance and Wendy Rule for a night of music and magic. Doors open at 7.30pm.

    Entry $35 + booking fee: https://tix.spiraldance.com.au/beltane

New album launching soon

Music

For over 30 years Spiral Dance have written and recorded a substantial catalogue of songs and tunes!

The very latest studio album called ‘Land and Legend’ features eleven original songs and tunes.

The album was launched in Glastonbury, UK in September 2017, then toured through the UK and USA before its Australian release in November 2017

Featuring additional vocals on two tracks by Damh the Bard

Land and Legend can be ordered as a Digital Download from

Spiral Dance’s single Wickerman can be ordered as a Digital Download from 

Through a Sylvan Doorway can be ordered as a Digital Download from

The album contains a mixture of songs from ‘Woman of the Earth’, ‘Magick’, ‘Notes of Being’, ‘The Quickening’ and ‘Worts n All’ plus one previously unreleased track.

Order From the Mist direct from Spiral Dance:

Purchase Spiral Dance's From the Mist via PayPal

A Live CD taken from recordings in February 2007 at Night Train, Adelaide and Cafe Nova, Gawler was released in September 2007.

Click on the link below to find free full-length downloads of two tracks from ‘Worts ‘n’ All’

Launched in Adelaide on 28th April 2006, this album features 14 tracks, the first eight of which are songs for the sabbats that make up the Wheel of the Year.

Notes of Being CD can be ordered securely online via PayPal:

Notes of Being is also available as a digital download via Bandcamp:

Spiral Dance’s third studio album.

Featuring Vince Brophy – Narrator

Tales told with song and narration of the legendary characters from the Irish Mythological and Ulster Cycles, which are the oldest surviving prose in western literature, memorised as they happened and handed down from generation to generation by bards before the introduction of literacy.
No longer available.

Having grown up surrounded by magic and a love of the ancient mysteries, we have always longed for the opportunity to express our feeling in music and song.

Please note Woman of the Earth is now out of print
It is available as download only at

An Independent musical compilation created by a consortium of like minded Muses, Musicians and Songbirds from all over uniting as a global Tribe to raise awareness, celebrate and give something back to Mother Earth!

Meet Spiral Dance

Adrienne Piggott

Lead Singer, Songwriter

Drawing on the myths, legends and the calendar customs from Anglo-Celtic culture along with her love and connection to nature, she has penned most of the original songs on Spiral Dance’s eight studio albums.

Paul Gooding

Accordion, Composer

Paul is one of the leading exponents of the button accordion in Australia, his skilled honed in the folk clubs and festivals of his native England. He brings with him a love of English folk ballads and passion for European dance tunes, where his energetic, off-beat playing style comes to the fore.

Rena Lannigan

Guitar

Rena has been involved with Spiral Dance in different forms over many years, contributing bass, drums and now guitar on stage, recordings and tours.
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Matt Colyer

Drums, Percussion

The exciting thing about playing in Spiral Dance is the ability to be able to draw upon all the styles and influences he has absorbed in over 30 plus years of immersion in the music world.
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Simon Despoja

Violin

Simon has played violin and viola in orchestras as far afield as Ontario, Canada and Sao Paulo, Brazil. After moving to Adelaide, Simon joined Spiral Dance in 2022, where his alter ego the Scrubwren feels at home with the band’s strong connection to the earth and its stories.
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Nigel Walters

Bass Guitar

Nigel has been part of many projects with varied musical styles including Zepperama, The Seen and No Escape, to name but a few.
Nigel first joined Spiral Dance in 2001 and recorded on the Notes of Being album. After a 13-year absence, he re-joined in 2016 and added bass lines to the latest CD Land & Legend.
Photo courtesy Carl Purczel

Bron Lloyd and Nicola Barnes

Harmony Vocals 

Hailing from the early days of Spiral Dance, Bron and Nicola return in 2024 to add their magical style of vocal harmony to Spiral Dance classics and new songs.
Photo: Lisa Grapentin